Cuff-btftton



J. MUSIL.

CUFF BUTTON.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 29.1919.

1,317,722. Patented (m. 7,1919.

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JOsErH MUsIL, or cnEvELAmJ, onio.

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Specification of was Patent.

Patented Oct. *1, 1919.

"Application fiieaivraidh 29, 1919'. sealants-51994.

To all it may comm.- g I Be itknown that I, Josh-r11 MUsI'L, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the countyiiof Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cuff-Brittons, of Which thefolloiving is a specification.

This invention relatesto cuff buttonsand has for its object the provision of a button of "simple and inexpensive construction, 'ca

'pable of being ns'ed with equally good results.

on either soft or stifi cuffs and Which Will hold the ends of the cuff togetherwithout liability of the button becoming accidentally detached therefrom.v I v V The invention further aims to provide a cufi button Which 'ma-y be readily attached to or detached from a cuff and in which provision is made for preventing Withdrawal of the shank of the button through the buttion; the end thereof will be'brought into alinement with the shank and permit the buttonto be removed from the cuff and by moving said member in the opposite direction'the latter Will extend across the buttonhole and prevent Withdrawal of the shank of the button. a r

Astill further object of the invention is generally to improvethis class of devices so as to increase their utility, durability and na a In the accompanying drawings:

Figure '1 is a perspective vieyv of a cuff button embod mg the present invention showing the same appned toa cuff of conventional form; t Y i Fig. 2' is a perspective view of the cuff button detached; v

Fig. 3 i's ja longitudinal sectional view showing the'button locked in position on the cuff;

Fig. 4 is a similar view showing the holding member or catch Withdrawn to permit removal of the button from the cuff;

Fig. 5 is a transverse sectional view, taken on the line 55 of Fig. 2;-

is 16. e o Pl n view of ig-f Corresponding and parts are referred to 11 1 the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters. I

improved cuff button forming the subject-matter of the present invention may be used inf connection with either soft or stiff cuffs and by way of illustration is shovvn 'appliedtoaconventional form of soft-cuff in whiehs designates the body of the'cuff and 6 the registering buttonholes therein. -Thei cuff buttonis preferably stamped, rolled, "pressed or otherwise formed from a single sheet of metal and comprises a body portion having one end thereof bent to pro- 4 diice afi'athead 7 adapted to be positioned on the outside of the cuff, the metal at one end of the head being bent upon itselfat 8 thence eXtended inwardly in contact with the lovver faceof the head to a point adjacent the medial line thereof, the metal being thei ice bent doivnvvardly at substantially right-angles to the head to form a connecting Web or shank 9 preferably extending the. entire Width of said head and terminating'in a lateral extension, indicated at 10. The extension '10 is preferably disposed parallel With the head 7 and is projected longitudinally beyond the rebentportion 8 thereofto form a 'support for a holding member or catch 11. The extension 10 is provided with a longitudinal slot 12 defining spaced stop shoulders 13, the side Walls of the slot being undercut, as indicated at 14;, for engagement with the correspondingly beveled edges of a guide block 15. The guide block 15 may be riveted, soldered or otherwiserigidly secured to the upper face of the holding member 11, as indicated at 16, and a s the side vvalls of the block are undercut or beveled the holding member will lie/supported for sliding movement on the, shank The lower; face of the holding member '11 is preferably provided With a sei i'e s o ftrans'verse serrations 17 to form a roughened fin'geneiigaging surface vv'hen acaaungthe holding member to fasten or release the cuff button.

In pp yi heb t nto a cu f, the. h9 in member or catch 11 is moved longitudinally of the extension 10 until one end thereof registers With the adjacent side face of the shank 9, and in which position the other end of the holding member Will register with the free end of said extension. The

button is then grasped by the head 7 and the extension 10 thereof inserted through the buttonholes in the end, as shown in full lines in Fig. 4 of the drawings, after which the head is pressed downwardly to the'dotted line position shown in said figure and the holding member or catch moved longitudinally of the extension 10 until the end of said holding member projects longitudinally beyond the shank of the button and in whichposition the button will be securely held against accidental displacement, as clearly shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings. The length of the slot 12 is such that the guiding member or block 15 will abut against one of the shoulders 13 when the holding member is inextended position and abut against the other shoulder when the holding member is in retracted position, therebylimiting the longitudinal movement of sald holding member and retaining theparts in assembled position at all times. The edges of the extension and holding member are preferably curved or rounded at 18 so as not to present any sharp edges which would tend to cut or tear the buttonhole when positioning the cuff button on or removing said button from a cuff.

It will here be noted'that the upper surface of the guide block 15 is disposed flush with the upper surface of the extension 10 so as to present a smooth bearing surface .for engagement with the inner face of the cuff. It will also be notedv that the length of the holding member is slightly less than that of the extension 10, while the upper surface of the free end of the extension and lower surface of the holding member are inclined or beveled at 18 to facilitate inserting the parts through the buttonhole of a cuff. .The head 7 of the cuff button may be is claimed as new is: V

1. A cuff button including a head, a shank secured to the head andprovided with a lateral extension having a longitudinal slot therein, and aholding member ooacting with the head and having a guiding member projecting within the slot,'said holding member 7 belng movable to inoperative position en- Copies 01 this patent may be obtained for tirely beneath the extension and to operative position with one end thereof projecting longitudinally beyond the shank.

2; Acuff button including a head having a shank provided with a lateral extension, and a holding member slidably mounted on the extension and movable to operative positionwith one end thereof extending longitudinally beyond the shank and coacting with the head and to inoperative position with the opposite ends of the holding member disposed entirely within thelines of said extension.

3. A cuff button including a head having a shank extending medially therefrom and provided with a lateral extension having a slot formed therein and extending longitudinally thereof, a holding member of less length than the extension slidably mounted thereon and provided with a guiding block extending within the slot, the oppositeend walls of the slot forming stop shoulders for engagement with the adjacent ends of the block.

4. A cuff button including a head having a shank and provided with a lateral extension having a longitudinal'slot, the side walls of which are undercut, a holding member of less length than the extension slidably mounted thereon and having its lower face roughened to form a finger-engaging surface, a guide block secured to the upper face of the holding member andhaving its side walls inclined for engagement with the undercut walls of the slot, the opposite end. walls of the slot by engagement with the adjacent ends of the guide block serving to limit the longitudinal movement of the holding member with respect to the shank. V

5. A cufl button formed from a single sheet of material having one end thereof bent to produce a flat head, the metal being thence bent upon itself at substantially right angles to the head to form a shank and thence bent laterally to produce an extension projecting I longitudinally beyond one end of the" head,

there being a slot formed in the extension, and a holding member slidably mounted on the lower face of the extension and provided with means projecting withinthe slot for engagement with the side walls thereof, said holding member being movable to operative position with one end thereof pro jecting longitudinally beyond the shank and to inoperative position with the opposite end thereof disposed substantially flush with the free end of the extension. v

In testimony whereof I affix my. signature.

- JOSEPH MUSIL. [n s] five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of latents Washington, D. G. 

